07-19-2015, 11:45 AM
Hello!
To possibly confirm that, you can try moving the plug around in the jack to see if it might make occasional contact, but it does seem like a bad jack to me, also. I've repaired/replaced a few of these before.
Depending on the age of the laptop, they can be replaced fairly easily, for around $20 for the part (newer), or can require soldering and/or trace repair on the motherboard itself (older). Both usually involve mostly to totally tearing it down to reach and work on the jack, though. You can find teardown instructions for a lot of laptop models on YouTube...
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Rob
(07-19-2015, 11:13 AM)Alex link Wrote:I fear it must be some sort of loose connection inside the power hole in the back of the laptop.
To possibly confirm that, you can try moving the plug around in the jack to see if it might make occasional contact, but it does seem like a bad jack to me, also. I've repaired/replaced a few of these before.
Depending on the age of the laptop, they can be replaced fairly easily, for around $20 for the part (newer), or can require soldering and/or trace repair on the motherboard itself (older). Both usually involve mostly to totally tearing it down to reach and work on the jack, though. You can find teardown instructions for a lot of laptop models on YouTube...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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